Job description
Cleveland, OH
Department: Business, Legal Professions & Hospitality
Location: Metropolitan Campus
Reports To: Dean, Business, Legal Professions & Hospitality
Recruitment Type: External/Internal
Requisition ID: req6358
Employment Type: Administration and Professionals
Union Position: Non-Union
Work Schedule: Standard College Hours M-F 8:30 am – 5 pm
Number of Openings: 1
Job Description:
SUMMARY
Provides leadership and administrative management to Business and Legal disciplines at
the assigned campus(es). Supports collegewide and campus strategic initiatives
related to Business and Legal disciplines. Manages the academic schedule in
collaboration with the School Dean and Dean of Academic Success. Responsible
for campus and School of Business, Legal Professions and Hospitality communication related to faculty
expectations, plans, and activities within Business and Legal.
ESSENTIAL
FUNCTIONS
- Provides leadership and management for Business and Legal disciplines at the assigned campus to fully implement the academic and student success vision of the School Dean and Dean of Academic Success
- Coordinates with the School Dean, collegewide counterparts and the Dean of Academic Success to ensure students’ access to a variety of courses as well as to provide campus support for faculty
- Develops, reviews, and evaluates the academic strategic plans, curriculum, programs, course schedules and budgets within Business and Legal
- Recruits, selects, supervises, and evaluates full-time faculty and departmental staff in Business and Legal. Manages adjunct faculty hiring and evaluation in collaboration with faculty coordinators.
- Recruits, selects, supervises, and evaluates Program Directors and staff
- Strengthens the pipeline from secondary to post-secondary education and experiential opportunities that increase students’ workforce readiness, degree, and certificate completion
- Coordinates with Enrollment Management and other departments to manage student recruitment, retention and completion, and monitor leading and lagging progress indicators for students
- Monitors faculty evaluations, course completions, student feedback, withdrawal surveys and other relevant data to promote continuous improvement
- Collaborates with Student Affairs team to address student concerns
- Works with Dean of Academic Success to coordinate academic services and co-curricular activities
- Collaborates with the Curriculum Office to ensure that the appropriate standards, principles, and rules of the Higher Learning Commission including curricular/program development, revisions, updates and all levels of student learning outcomes are addressed
- Identifies grant opportunities geared toward increasing students’ experiential, research, and co-op experiences in a variety of fields
- Collaborates with other academic area team members as part of the campus-based academic leadership team in order to keep programs relevant and current
- Ensures the communication of plans, activities and expectations for faculty and staff at various levels department/division/center and within the division
- Collaborates with counterparts and the School Dean to ensure all program reviews, curricula and assessment plans and any appropriate accreditation processes and requirements are met in a timely and accurate manner.
- Participates in Deans Council and other campus and collegewide committees.
- Serves on the campus leadership team and assists with campus-based projects and initiatives
- Performs other duties as assigned
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
AND EXPERIENCE/TRAINING
- Master’s degree in a related field
- Significant related experience may substitute for education
- Minimum of six years of successful and progressive experience related to the field within a college or industry setting
- Demonstrated teaching experience at the college level
- Demonstrated related general experience including:
- Demonstrated experience planning, assigning, scheduling, supervising and ensuring the quality of the work of others
- Demonstrated experience forecasting, planning, maintaining, preparing, and monitoring a business area’s budget
- Demonstrated experience effectively making decisions that have significant, broad implications on the management and operations of a division (or equivalent business area)
- Demonstrated effectiveness in a role requiring dynamic and abstract problem solving methods in adaptive situations
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS, and ABILITIES
- Possess comprehensive knowledge of Higher
Education leadership theories, concepts and practices with the ability to
use in complex, difficult and/or unprecedented situations as it pertains
to the departmental focus - Possess broad based knowledge of existing and
emerging pedagogies and academic delivery systems - Possess broad based knowledge of supporting
student success - Ability to manage and supervise a diverse staff
- Possess strong management skills
- Possess a commitment to working with
cross-functional teams - Possess a commitment to professional development
and continuous learning and improvement - Possess excellent written, verbal and
interpersonal communication skills - Possess strong organizational and time-management
skills - Demonstrated creative thinker and a problem
solver - Ability to work accurately with great attention
to detail - Possess advanced-level project management skills
- Possess basic-level Blackboard skills (or
equivalent program) - Possess intermediate-level Banner skills (or
equivalent program) - Possess intermediate-level skills with Microsoft
Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Ability to independently set goals and determine
best course of action to achieve desired results - Ability to confidentially and discreetly handle
subject matters requiring privacy and sensitivity - Ability to facilitate top-level collaboration
while managing sensitive issues - Ability to develop and maintain relationships
with key contacts to enhance work flow and quality - Possess sensitivity to respond appropriately to
the needs of the community
COMPETENCIES
CRITICAL COMPETENCIES
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Quality of Work
VERY IMPORTANT COMPETENCIES
- Service Focus
- Communications
IMPORTANT COMPETENCIES
- Time Utilization
- Continuous Improvement
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION
AND EXPERIENCE/TRAINING
- Doctorate degree in a related field
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS
(The demands described here are representative of
those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- The work is performed in a normal, professional office environment.
- The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
- Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the duties of the job and will perform repetitive motions with hands/fingers using a computer mouse and keyboard to type. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as papers, files, pamphlets, books, etc.
- Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the worksite.
Target Starting Salary Range: $95,000 to
$105,000
The final offer for the successful
candidate is targeted to fall within this range, but will be based upon an
assessment of internal equity, the unit’s available budget, and the candidate’s
qualifications in relation to the minimum and/or preferred job requirement(s).
How to apply
During the application process, you may be required to attach a cover letter and/or resume. It is recommended that you have these documents ready to be attached electronically to the online application. This system accepts only MS Word or PDF attachments. Any employment with the College is contingent upon satisfactory completion of a background check and drug screen.
Special Note: If hired, you must reside in the state of Ohio and be within commuting distance of this work location/campus to respond to onsite work demands upon the employment start date and throughout the duration of your employment with the College, as outlined in 3354:1-40-01.1 Recruitment and Selection Procedure.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Cuyahoga Community College is committed to attaining excellence through the recruitment and retention of a qualified workforce. Cuyahoga Community College is an equal employment/educational opportunity institution.
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